Colo. Crime Labs “Inadequate, Potentially Unsafe”

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~1579936,00.html Crime laboratories run by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation are "inadequate and potentially unsafe" as the demand soars for evidence checks, a state audit has found, according to the Denver Post. Conditions have not affected the quality of DNA tests and other work, but some tests are backlogged for so long that . . .

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